Parer.



Np- 830,7l0. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

T. M. GUEST.

PARER. I

APPLIGATION' FI LEI) OUT. 20. 1905.

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Attom ys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE M. GUEST, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

PARER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed October 20,1905. Serial No. 283,663.

A further object of the invention is to construct a device of this typein which the cutting edge is curved to conform to some extent to thecontour of the fruit or vegetable, so that a very wide paring may beremoved.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a paring deviceformed of sheet metal so shaped that a pointed end is formed for theremoval of eyes or the decayed portions of the article.

With these and other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafterappear, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paringdevice constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesectionalview of the paring device on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2 drawn to an enlargedscale. Fig. 4 is a sectional view illustrating a slight modification ofthe device.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The paring-tool forming the subject of the present invention is formedof a strip of sheet metal, preferably steel, that is stamped to form ashank portion 10, that is approximately semicircular in cross-sectionand may be of suflicient length to form a handle, or it may be providedwith a separate handle of any desired character. The outer end of theshank is tapered to a point 11, which may be utilized for taking out theeyes of potatoes or the removal of decayed portions of the fruit orvegetable.

At a point in advance of the end of the shank the arch is concavedslightly, so that the cross-sectional contour will be somewhat provide aparing device of cheap difierent from the cross-section of the shankproper, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 1. and the metal at thisconcaved portion is cut away, forming an opening 12, the walls of whichare approximately parallel for the greater portion of their length andthen gradually approach each other and converge at the opposite end atthe top of the arch of the shank proper.

The opening may be formed, in part, during the forming operation, andthe tool may then be held against a revoluble abradingtoolsuch as agrindstone or emery-wheel of proper shapein order -to form a cuttingedge or edges at the walls of the opening, or the opening may be formedby merely placing the die-shaped blank against the abrading-tool. In thefinished article both walls of the opening are tapered to thin edges,either of which may be used as cutters during the paring operation,while the other forms a guard to control the depth of out. The devicemay thus be used by either the right or the left hand, while the cost ofproduction is no greater than if a single cutting edge only were formed.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 4 the cutting edges areformed merely by grinding away the top of the arch of the shank withoutpreviously forming the concave; but the latter is preferred,inasmuch asit to some extent permits the formation of a curved cutting edge thatwill follow the contour of the fruit or vegetable, and thus permit theremoval of a very wide paring.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a tool ofthe class described, a strip of metal curved in cross-section andprovided near one end with a concaved portion, the metal at such concavebeing removed to form an elongated opening or slot, the walls of whichare arranged on curved lines, one of the walls being sharpened to form acutting edge.

2. In a paring-tool, a strip of metal curved in cross-section, thearched portion of the metal being partly concaved, and the metal beingcut away to form an elongated slot, the opposite walls of which arereduced to form cutting edges, the walls of said opening or slot beingapproximately parallel with each other for the greater portion of theirlength, and being curved with respect to the longitudinal plane of thestrip.

3. A paring tool comprising a strip of IIO metal curved in cross-sectionand provided with a pointed end, the metal near the end of the stripbeing slightly concaved and being provided With a slot or opening, theWalls of which are reduced to form cutting edges, said Walls beingparallel for the greater portion of their length and converging at theiropposite ends, substantially as described. 1

4. A paring tool comprising a strip of metal curved in cross-section,the curved strip being concaved in the direction of the length of thestrip, the concavedportion having an opening, one Wall of which isreduced to form a cutting edge.

In testimony that I claim theforegoing as 15 my own I have heretoafiiXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

THEODORE M. GUEST.

Witnesses:

J. Onnrs WINSLOW, JOHN L. SEAGER.

